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Three Dead As Car Falls Into Gorge In J-K's Reasi

Three people lost their lives when their car plummeted into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. The car was en route to Karagh from Reasi when it skidded off the road, rolled down a 100-meter gorge and caught fire, leaving the rescuers with a difficult task to retrieve the bodies.

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Three people were killed when their car skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.

The vehicle was on its way to Karagh from Reasi town and on reaching Tote village, its driver lost control and the vehicle rolled down into more than 100-metre-deep gorge late Saturday night, a police official said.

He said three people – Nasib Singh (65) of Karagh Tote, Karnail Singh (47) of Gull, Tote and Mohan Chand (32) of Devigarh – died on the spot. The rescuers had a tough time to retrieve the bodies as the vehicle also caught fire, the official said.